Author: Chet

The five controllables we covered recently. By way of reminder, they are effort, rest, recovery, nutrition, and mindset. Effort and mindset are the bookends. All five matter greatly. Fact. The five pillars (slightly modified by me from James Galanis recipe for Carli Lloyd), if you want to be a world class athlete, offer further clarity. … Continue reading Five pillars…

Miss and I are BIG Chiefs fans. We may watch tonight, we may not. We’re heading to KC as I type these words to join Josh and Krit who are at the hospital. Her water broke. She’s in labor. We’re praying for a super, healthy birth. Somehow, the Super Bowl doesn’t loom so large. Damn. … Continue reading Super birth…

Wednesday is my new favorite opus day. Nine practices fill the slate from 6am -5pm every damn, blessed week. The schedule is full. The heart fuller.  This past Wednesday was exceptional. Why?  Clarity came. Remember, you can be too concise and too direct. You cannot be too clear. Leaders obsession is always around getting more … Continue reading Wednesday clarity…

November 19, 1863 was a busy day for President Lincoln. On this day he would deliver the Gettysburg address, a speech still talked about today. He wrote most of the speech on the train ride over. Fittingly, our 16th president was busy working on a train - he was, remember, a railroad lawyer first and … Continue reading Worry or write…

Lincoln was right. Nearly any human can handle adversity as long as they have a sense for when it’s going to be over. You want to test your CORE and see how strong it really is? Let’s see how you handle power. Few can handle it. The Wizard is handling it with aplomb. You? Live … Continue reading Power…

Cliche's are grounded in truth. Here's an oldie but goodie. "Drive for show. Putt for dough."  Great golfers understand training the brain/body on the short game is paramount to championship golf. Never met a great golfer with a mediocre short game. It's simply more fun to train your body to bomb it off the tee … Continue reading Train…

Iron Byron (Timmytao) was stripping it today. He’s like a machine. We played JoeyTHElamb’s course in FLA and it was an epic. Started with 9 holes on The Floridian par three course followed by 18 holes on the big dog. This old dog had a great time. No birdies for me but lots of pars … Continue reading Golf…

Most conflict is simply a conversation to be had. Live hard. Love harder. Talk… Screenshot